Dave Bautista as Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy

Guardians of the Galaxy #1 courtesy Marvel
Guardians of the Galaxy #1 courtesy Marvel

A WWE Superstar shoots for the stars in Guardians of the Galaxy! Marvel has signed mixed martial artist and WWE wrestler Dave Bautista has been signed to play Drax the Destroyer according to The Hollywood Reporter Heat Vision.

Chris Pratt (Community, Zero Dark Thirty) is the lead in the James Gunn directed film. Pratt will play Peter Quill, half human-half alien pilot who becomes Star-Lord and leads a ragtag collection of alien warriors.

Drax is a human transformed into a massive green skinned warrior and engineered to kill Thanos! Guardians will tie-in to Avengers 2. Thanos was the purple villain seen at the end of Avengers who was behind the alien invaders allied with Loki.

A brand new Guardians of the Galaxy comic book series debuts next month by Brian Michael Bendis and Steve McNiven. Armored Avenger Iron Man will join Star-Lord, Drax, Gamorra, Groot and Rocket Raccoon in what’s hailed as an “Avengers in Space” adventure. The Guardians’ archenemies are aliens called the Badoon.

By Editor